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trouble installing CD-ROM
I thought I could install a cd rom so my son could play games but when I installed the cd rom and tried to install the driver from the floppy disk that was provided ahhhhh there was no floppy disk drive in the machine!!!!! doh, I should have looked before I installed...soooo now is there a way to install drivers

Novice: Need your help on CD ROM
Some background on my machine... DX4-100 CPU SIS85C471 chipset 8MB RAM EIDE controller WD 540MB harddrive Sound Blaster 16 QEMM 7.04 DOS 5.00 Panasonic 562B CD-ROM Before installing the CD-ROM, everything worked fine. Then I plugged the 562B into the SB16 and here's what occurred: 1) the CTSOUND driver would not

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Joe Collins j...@fid.morgan.com comp lang c++ I have tried to install Borland C++ 4.0 on my machine using the CD ROM version and it seems that when I start windows up, it requires that the CD ROM disk be in my CD drive, even if I have no plans to use Borland C++ 4.0. I fixed that by changing all references to E:\

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3) Installing the CD rom under an OEM Win95b using the real mode driver to get it going. Win95 replaces the real mode driver with the correct protected mode driver and it works fine. This all said, I want to run this machine with Win98 AND be able to reinstall Win98 more or less normally if possible.

Best IDE config: two HD's + CD-RW + DVD-ROM
Check jumper settings on the CD ROM - should be set to MASter assuming its the only drive in the machine. See if you can put the CD ROM in another machine to test if it installs OK, that will prove if the CD ROM is OK or not. It is IMHO unlikely to be a Software Problem. Cables and master/slave settings are OK

Installing CD-ROM version of Borland C++ 4.0
Simon Ward sw...@stnc.com uk adverts computer On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:55:31 +0100, awri...@netcomuk.co.uk wrote: I have a Dell optiplex 433/le a 486SX machine to which I want to add a CD-ROM drive.On the motherboard there is one IDE socket which is connected to the hard drive,the books I have read say I should

Installing CD-Rom on 486 Machine
I tried fiddling, installing the hdd on ide1 and installing the cdrom on ide2 both set to master. However the machine does not recognise the cd-rom. I am running win 95, i run add to hardware wizard and i doesn't pick it up. I've tried installing the driver prior to enter win95 however an error comes up saying

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And the CD drive..? This machine is not exotic. It's a relatively new eMachines T6520, straight out of the box. Please don't laugh at eMachines. Why should I get this message when Linux is actually installing from the CD ROM? Of course there's a CD ROM!! Guess who's going to either cough up for a proper CD

*HELP* Installing CD-ROM
AndrewJ luminous...@REMOVE.home.com comp os msdos programmer The cd-rom is original to the machine, it just stopped showing up. It isn't listed in the device manager either. Did you try adding it through the Control Panel? It's windows 95 and I think someone edited the autoexec.exe file.

Machine doesn't recognize the fact that it's got a CD-Drive
You'd be better off putting the CDROM as a slave on the primary controller. Richard Thank You, I tried it yesterday, and it works. I thought i actually tried that but either i didn't or i stuff it up. Either way it works now. Thank You Stewart McLean -- Posted via CNET Help.com http://www.help.com/

Installing CD-ROM and modem ... help?
obs | don't email me o...@geocities.com alt comp hardware aptiva I am trying to fit a CDROM drive to a Aptiva 2144 with a (SL-C) C-1 system board. BIOS? your machine seems very old and if it is still using the original BIOS, perhaps it does not recognise the CD drive. go to http://www4.pc.ibm.com/aptips/ profile

help installing cd-rom drive
Basically, what I have found in the past is that there is a general rule of thumb when installing CD-Rom devices / hard drives. CD-Rom IDE0 Master HDD Slave - IDE1 Master HDD Slave CD-Rom and on another machine, this configuration worked: IDE0 Master HDD Slave HDD IDE1 Master CD-Rom Slave - Without knowing more

Installing CD-ROM for Win95 Setup from CD
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I have always had both my HD's on Primary and never had a problem, my CD-ROM has always been master on Secondary. When I got my RW the install instructions from TEAC said if installing with a CD-ROM in the same machine to have the CD-ROM as secondary master and RW drive as secondary slave.

Installing CD-ROM in 486
The machine came with a CD/DVD-ROM, but I am looking for a faster CD-ROM. Why? I installed it, using the secondary input on the cable that is currently connected to the existing Interestingly, when I pushed the stop button on the new CD-ROM, the machine continued to reboot and continued to the desktop.

Problem installing cd-rom with award-bios
This a machine 486 that I want to get running for my nephew it has win 95 with 32 ram but a very small hd.Do I need to do something in the bios after I put the sound card and cd rom in or will it be recognized? thanks the fly wrote: If this is a CD-ROM drive made within the last 4-5 years, it should not need to

help installing from the CD-ROM on an iMac
I am trying to install a brand new cd rom drive in a older pc. It has windows 95 installed. I have no problem getting the cd rom installed physically but there is no place to put in the floppy disk with the driver information....I guess very old machine. I guess it was just used for email...I don't know much about

HELP HELP in installing cd rom
Len On Wed, 10 Jun 1998 16:55:31 +0100, awri...@netcomuk.co.uk wrote: I have a Dell optiplex 433/le a 486SX machine to which I want to add a CD-ROM drive.On the motherboard there is one IDE socket which is connected to the hard drive,the books I have read say I should connect the CD-rom drive to the second IDE

HATING Linux: Installation Can't Find CD ROM
Ken Corbin k...@fenris.com comp lang c++ In article <1994Mar18.172434.29029@fid. morgan.com> j...@fid.morgan.com writes: I have tried to install Borland C++ 4.0 on my machine using the CD ROM version and it seems that when I start windows up, it requires that the CD ROM disk be in my CD drive, even if I have no

cd-rom problem
Stuart Bell sab...@argonet.co.uk comp sys acorn hardware In article <na.b4af3d470f. a50320neil.hu...@argonet.co.uk>, Neil Hutchinson <neil.hu...@argonet.co.uk> wrote: I have just had a new CD-ROM drive installed by a local (Acorn) firm and when I got my machine home - aagh! it doesn't work!